More migrants illegally entering Germany from Switzerland

The number of immigrants entering Germany illegally via Switzerland appears to have tripled in the first two months of this year compared to 2016, Die Welt reported Sunday.

In January and February 2017, the federal police reported a total of 1,350 unauthorized entries, against 402 in the first two months of the previous year.

With the Balkan route still closed, refugees and migrants now try to get to Germany from Libya, crossing the Mediterranean to arrive in Italy and traveling onward to Switzerland.

By March, the number of migrants using the Mediterranean route rose by 70.2 percent, according to a letter from Germany’s interior ministry to parliament.

The influx of people entering Germany from Switzerland puts pressure on the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. While Thomas Strobl, the state’s minister of the interior, told Die Welt am Sontag that authorities have the border under control, he didn’t rule out more controls on the border with Switzerland, should the situation deteriorate further.

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You can do it Germany.

Posted on 4/9/17 | 1:44 PM CEST

Roland

Ok so when is Germany going to be reforming it’s asylum policies so people stop risking life and limb to reach them ? Or are we just going to have to look at this morbid spectacle for many more years to come ?

Posted on 4/9/17 | 2:52 PM CEST

Franc

@Roland

Option 2. Germany has an ageing population so Europe has to suffer this until you are sorted.

Posted on 4/9/17 | 3:03 PM CEST

Roland

@Franc Yeah I keep hearing that but if that was the logic then there are far better ways to import labor than forcing people on these life threatening journeys and burdening the rest of Europe with migrants who only want to go to Germany.

Posted on 4/9/17 | 3:31 PM CEST

franc

@Roland

Better for who? This is the cheapest and easiest way so it is the best way. You and I may not like it but currently that isn’t a consideration.

Posted on 4/9/17 | 4:04 PM CEST

Sonja

Germany needs no Migration of not educated People. Digitization makes a lot of jobs superfluous and productivity is important. And migrants do not help.

Posted on 4/9/17 | 4:49 PM CEST

Mohman

@Sonja

What makes you think they aren’t educated? Have you seen their CVs?

Posted on 4/9/17 | 7:19 PM CEST

iq

lol, we know they are all rocket scientists, and doctors, and engineers; the problem is their IQ is around 80; get lost mohamed